Chapter Summaries

Wang Nan and Xuan Zi entered a Space Rift to confront the source of the evil aura above Jialing Pass. Wang Nan struck the dark purple Luminous Orb, weakening the phantom fighting Xuan Zi and causing the orb to fall, though Xuan Zi was left with a cut on his palm.

• Xuan Zi opened the Space Rift with his Soul Power, and Wang Nan and the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon followed him through it.
• Wang Nan and Xuan Zi found the dark purple glow above Jialing Pass and identified it as the source of the malicious thoughts.
• A dark purple figure armed with a scythe appeared and attacked Xuan Zi, who fought back with his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul.
• Wang Nan moved toward the glow, broke the orb's outer light with his Coiling Dragon Staff, and weakened the figure battling Xuan Zi.
• The dark purple figure vanished, and Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull caught the falling orb as a bloody mark appeared on Xuan Zi's palm.

Wang Nan and Xuan Zi left the Space Rift after discovering a fragment of the Rakshasa God's divine artifact, then headed toward Heaven Dou City to check on the Tang Sect. There, Tang Ya and the remaining Tang Sect members confronted the Iron Blood Sect at the site of their former home.

• Xuan Zi identified the shard as a fragment of the Rakshasa God's divine artifact and gave it to Wang Nan, who stored it for the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon.
• Wang Nan sensed the evil thoughts fading and detected a woman's complicated feelings before Xuan Zi invited him to Heaven Dou City to support the academy's group.
• Wang Nan agreed to accompany Xuan Zi, and they left the Space Rift and traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Ya, Beibei, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er arrived at the former Tang Sect grounds, where the Iron Blood Sect's name hung above the gate.
• Tieli emerged to meet Beibei and the others, fearing that Tang Ya's return with Shrek Academy members would bring trouble for the Iron Blood Sect.

Xuan Zi interrogated a Holy Spirit Cult elder who had been watching the Iron Blood Sect, learning that the cult was searching for the Tang Sect's treasured land and used a god's power in its Spirit Ascension Ritual. After killing the elder, Xuan Zi left to speak with the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Family, while Wang Nan prepared to ask the Tang Sect disciples whether they would rebuild in Shrek City.

• Beibei accepted Tie Tang's invitation and led the group into the Iron Blood Sect while Huo Yuhao's eyes turned white.
• Xuan Zi confronted the black-robed Holy Spirit Cult elder across the street and forced him to reveal that the cult was searching for the Tang Sect's treasured land.
• The elder said the Holy Spirit Cult used a god's power in its Spirit Ascension Ritual and had gathered intelligence from the Sun Moon Empire, but he did not know the cult's headquarters or how it learned about Jialing Pass.
• Xuan Zi crushed the elder to death and said he would visit the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Family before asking the young Tang Sect disciples whether they would rebuild in Shrek City.
• Wang Nan took the elder's Storage Soul Tool and corpse, then headed downstairs.

Wang Nan arrived at the Iron Blood Sect as Beibei and the others defeated Tieli and subdued the sect’s disciples. After Tang Ya regained control of herself, Wang Nan reflected on the power of emotion and relayed Xuan Zi’s proposal to rebuild the Tang Sect in Shrek City, while Huo Yuhao told him he saw him as an elder brother.

• Wang Nan entered the Iron Blood Sect and saw Beibei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou fighting Tieli and his disciples.
• Beibei knocked Tieli down with his Soul Skills, but Tang Ya’s hatred stirred the dark side of her Martial Soul until Beibei embraced her and helped her regain clarity.
• A powerful dragon aura suppressed the Iron Blood Sect members’ Soul Power, and Wang Nan sensed the strength of the emotions between Beibei and Tang Ya.
• Beibei decided the Iron Blood Sect would end and allowed its disciples to leave, while Wang Nan told him that Xuan Zi wanted the Tang Sect rebuilt in Shrek City.
• Wang Nan spoke with Huo Yuhao about emotions and his wish to make the world better, and Huo Yuhao said Wang Nan felt more like an elder brother than his family did.

Wang Nan helped Beibei and Tang Ya reclaim the Iron Blood Sect’s grounds and supported their decision to rebuild the Tang Sect in Shrek City. As Xuan Zi warned that the Holy Spirit Cult had become the academy’s foremost concern, Wang Nan wondered whether the God of Love’s fall was connected to the changes affecting the continent.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Nan he had become a fourth-grade Soul Engineer, and Wang Nan encouraged him to follow his own path rather than work solely for someone else.
• Beibei and Tang Ya agreed to Elder Xuan’s arrangement to rebuild the Tang Sect in Shrek City.
• The group drove out the Iron Blood Sect, searched its grounds, and gave the recovered items to Tang Ya for rebuilding the Tang Sect.
• Xuan Zi met the group and criticized them for acting without informing the Heaven Dou Empire, then offered to travel back with them for their safety.
• Xuan Zi told Beibei and the others that the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated several empires and would become the academy’s foremost objective.
• Wang Nan reflected on Huo Yuhao’s future and wondered whether the God of Love’s fall was connected to the changes on the continent.

Wang Nan meditated beneath the Golden Tree and developed the Indomitable Staff Technique by merging the Coiling Dragon Staff’s will with his own insights. After breaking through the pressure of heaven and earth, he returned to Ma Xiaotao and learned the Sea God Pavilion Meeting had lasted a day and a night.

• Xuan Zi returned with Wang Nan and ordered Yan Shaozhe to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, including Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan.
• Wang Nan meditated beneath the Golden Tree, absorbing the evil thoughts from a fragment while reflecting on his staff strike against Nightmare Douluo.
• Wang Nan realized the unyielding will behind the Coiling Dragon Staff and created a new technique by challenging the laws of heaven and earth.
• Wang Nan named his evolving technique the Indomitable Staff Technique and felt his grief over Mu En’s passing fade.
• Ma Xiaotao found Wang Nan and told him that the Sea God Pavilion Meeting had lasted an entire day and night.

Yan Shaozhe assigned Wang Nan to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult and asked him to equip the Inner Courtyard Disciples with Soul Tool Detectors. Wang Nan left for the Sun Moon Empire, where he met Pan Yue in Dawn City before continuing onward.

• Yan Shaozhe told Wang Nan that Inspection Missions would focus on the Holy Spirit Cult and asked him to discuss selling Soul Tool Detectors with Ye Xiaosheng.
• Yan Shaozhe warned Wang Nan about the danger of entering the Sun Moon Empire but permitted him to investigate Holy Spirit Cult branches or gather information.
• Ma Xiaotao embraced Wang Nan before he left, then resolved to grow stronger and fly alongside him.
• Wang Nan arrived at Dawn City and encountered Pan Yue, who thanked him for helping recover the Pan Family's ancestral relic.
• Pan Yue explained that his Formation-Breaking Halberd had mutated from the Coiling Dragon Staff, and Wang Nan left Dawn City for the Sun Moon Empire.

Wang Nan entered Banyue City and destroyed three Holy Spirit Cult strongholds before traveling to the Valley of Asking Love for Heaven and Earth. There, he met Long Xiaoyao, who began recalling the place where the story of the three of them started.

• Wang Nan entered Banyue City and observed how Soul Tools had become part of daily life in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Wang Nan infiltrated a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold, killed its members, and took ledgers documenting human trafficking.
• Wang Nan uprooted all three Holy Spirit Cult strongholds in Banyue City overnight, and the Sun Moon Empire's military sealed the sites by dawn.
• Wang Nan traveled to the Valley of Asking Love for Heaven and Earth and waited while recovering his Soul Power.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared beside Wang Nan, recognized his connection to Mu En's Monarch Overlord technique, and approached the valley, saying their story had begun there.

Long Xiaoyao told Wang Nan how he and Mu En became friends and both fell in love with Ye Xishui, then confessed that his guilt over betraying Mu En kept him protecting her. After Wang Nan received the Dragon Core, he suggested that Long Xiaoyao’s past might not have been an accident, prompting Long Xiaoyao to confront him with overwhelming Spiritual Power.

• Long Xiaoyao recalled meeting Mu En as a rival, becoming his close friend, and falling in love with Ye Xishui alongside him.
• Long Xiaoyao told Wang Nan that Ye Xishui chose Mu En at the lake, and admitted that he had wronged Mu En and could never repay him.
• Long Xiaoyao gave Wang Nan a Dragon Core, whose power began flowing into Wang Nan through the crystal on his bracelet.
• Long Xiaoyao confessed that he had helped create the Ye Xishui of the present and would protect her even if she led the Holy Spirit Cult into harming the continent.
• Wang Nan questioned why Long Xiaoyao had once fought Evil Soul Masters and suggested his experience might not have been an accident.
• Long Xiaoyao reacted sharply and pressed Wang Nan with his Spiritual Power, while Wang Nan stood his ground.

Wang Nan spoke with Long Xiaoyao about the truth behind the past and received the Xiaoyao Sword, a Rank 9 Soul Tool, as thanks. After escaping toward Dongyang City, he examined a changed Mermaid's Tear by the Ice Sea and wondered what had caused it.

• Long Xiaoyao acknowledged that Mu En likely knew the truth and gave Wang Nan the Xiaoyao Sword, warning him that the Holy Spirit Cult suspected someone from his side had acted in Banyue City.
• Wang Nan left the Qiankun Sun Moon Valley and used Mu En's Dragon Core to strengthen his Soul Power and physique as he flew north.
• Wang Nan reached the Ice Sea near Dongyang City and noticed that the Mermaid's Tear Lin Huiqun had given him was emitting faint Spiritual Power fluctuations.
• Wang Nan tested the Mermaid's Tear near the water, found no obvious change, and headed toward Dongyang City.

Wang Nan entered Dongyang City as Sea Soul Beasts attacked from the Ice Sea and learned that Evil Soul Masters had gone to the heavily guarded north of the city. He chose not to pursue them and listened to a local guide describe the city as the bombardment continued.

• Wang Nan sensed Evil Soul Masters among the people entering Dongyang City just before the city sounded an alarm for a Sea Soul Beast attack.
• Wang Nan rushed inside with the crowd as the city gates closed and soldiers directed residents away from them.
• Wang Nan learned from a young local that Sea Soul Beast attacks had become nearly daily in recent years.
• Wang Nan paid the young man to explain Dongyang City and learned that the northern district held Soul Tools and defenses against the beasts.
• Wang Nan realized the Evil Soul Masters had gone north and decided not to pursue them because the area was heavily guarded.
• Wang Nan and the young man sat in a heated restaurant as another Soul Tool Cannon boomed, and the young man predicted the attack would last at least another hour.

Wang Nan followed Evil Soul Masters along the Ice Sea coast and encountered Long Aotian of the Body Sect, who defeated them. After Long Aotian explained that he was cultivating a Body Sect secret art, a black shadow suddenly attacked Wang Nan.

• Wang Nan left Dongyang City after the Sea Soul Beasts retreated and practiced using spatial power as he traveled along the coast.
• Wang Nan sensed Evil Soul Masters in the Ice Sea and followed them while they searched for unusual soul beasts on behalf of Fifth Elder.
• Long Aotian emerged from the sea and defeated the Evil Soul Masters without using soul skills.
• Long Aotian introduced himself as a member of the Body Sect and said he was cultivating a secret art in the deep sea.
• A black shadow rushed toward Wang Nan, and a fist came into view.

Wang Nan defeated the Body Sect’s Yu Tao in a fight, then accepted Long Aotian’s apology but refused his offered Soul Beasts. Yu Tao emerged from the Ice Sea, humbled and shivering beside Long Aotian.

• Yu Tao attacked Wang Nan to protect Long Aotian, and Wang Nan blocked his first punch with the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Nan used staff techniques to overpower Yu Tao, strike his arm, and knock him into the Ice Sea.
• Long Aotian apologized for Yu Tao and offered Wang Nan several Deep Sea Soul Beasts as a gift.
• Yu Tao swam back to shore, visibly apprehensive and cold, while Wang Nan refused the offered Soul Beasts.

After learning that Evil Soul Masters may be seeking a Sea Soul Beast Graveyard, Wang Nan joined Long Aotian on a descent beneath the sea. As they faced growing cold and pressure, the currents suddenly changed violently.

• Yu Tao used Bloodline Power to warm himself after emerging from the Ice Sea, and Long Aotian stopped Wang Nan to ask why he had come.
• Wang Nan explained that he was tracking Evil Soul Masters, and Long Aotian suggested they might be heading for a Sea Soul Beast Graveyard he had once seen.
• Wang Nan sensed the Mermaid Teardrop in his Storage Soul Tool emitting faint Spiritual Power fluctuations and asked Long Aotian to lead him to the graveyard.
• Long Aotian prepared to leave Yu Tao on shore, then waited while Wang Nan recovered and fed on the Soul Beasts.
• Wang Nan and Long Aotian descended into the sea, using Bloodline Power to withstand the cold as the pressure and resistance grew stronger.
• As they went deeper, the currents changed violently, and Long Aotian spread his arms in anticipation.

Wang Nan fought strange fish among piles of sea-beast bones and learned to manipulate the surrounding currents. He unleashed a powerful Coiling Dragon Staff strike that tore open space beneath the sea, leaving a towering wave on the Ice Sea’s surface.

• Long Aotian captured a Hundred-Year Soul Beast while he and Wang Nan descended through the shifting currents.
• Wang Nan and Long Aotian found strange fish feeding among heaps of soul beast bones, including mermaid skeletons.
• The strange fish attacked, and Wang Nan used his Coiling Dragon Staff and Right Arm Bone to fight them in the water.
• Wang Nan sensed how currents flowed into gaps and used that insight to understand another way to influence the surrounding forces.
• Wang Nan’s Coiling Dragon Staff expanded, tore open a Space Rift, and drew in the seawater and strange fish before crashing down.
• The staff strike sent a towering wave across the Ice Sea and drove nearby Sea Soul Beasts into flight.

Wang Nan rescued Long Aotian after his strike opened a fissure beneath an underwater graveyard, then learned about the Body Sect’s approach to cultivation. The next day, he returned to the fissure and realized a powerful soul beast lived inside, feeding on the scattered bones.

• Wang Nan’s staff strike opened a crater on the seabed, revealing a dark fissure as Long Aotian fell unconscious.
• Wang Nan brought Long Aotian to shore, cared for him, and waited until he woke.
• Long Aotian thanked Wang Nan and explained how the Body Sect cultivated by awakening a Soul Master’s own potential through danger.
• Wang Nan and Long Aotian shared soul beast meat and discussed cultivation until Yu Tao returned from searching the sea.
• The next morning, Wang Nan returned to the underwater graveyard and sensed life pulsing from the enlarged fissure.
• Wang Nan realized the bones were scraps left by a powerful soul beast living inside the fissure.

Wang Nan spent two years cultivating in the Ice Sea, using the pressure and dense elemental energy to strengthen himself while absorbing the Dragon Core. After reaching a level of physical strength that could contend with a Titled Douluo, he stole several treasures from the seabed and fled as the sleeping Soul Beast stirred.

• Wang Nan discovered a powerful Soul Beast sleeping beneath the seabed and retreated without approaching its bones.
• He cultivated in the depths of the Ice Sea, where the pressure helped condense his Soul Power and fuse the Dragon Core into his body.
• After two years, Wang Nan emerged with greatly enhanced physical strength and returned to the seabed to observe the Soul Beast.
• Wang Nan used his First Soul Skill to snatch several blue-glowing items from near the Soul Beast's bones and escape to shore.
• Wang Nan fled toward the Heaven Dou Empire as a huge column of water erupted from the Ice Sea, then examined the treasures, including a deep-blue skull Soul Bone.

Wang Nan returned to Star Luo City, reunited with his parents, and learned that Wang Xing had reached Rank 60. Wang Nan took his father to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Soul Ring, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared and called him deeper into the forest.

• Wang Nan returned home and discovered that Wang Xing had broken through to Rank 60.
• Wang Nan reunited with his mother and promised to have the family home redecorated.
• Wang Nan and Wang Xing traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest using a Flying Soul Tool to seek Wang Xing's new Soul Ring.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion emerged and told Wang Nan to follow her, and Wang Nan reassured Wang Xing before agreeing.

Wang Nan led Wang Xing into the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, where Wang Xing obtained a Soul Ring from a Dragon Blood Golden Silk Bamboo. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion admitted she had arranged Wang Nan’s earlier Soul Rings, including contributing her power to the Tyrant Dragon that became his fourth Soul Ring.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion guided Wang Nan and Wang Xing through the core region toward a place where someone wanted to see Wang Nan.
• They reached a Dragon Blood Golden Silk Bamboo, and Wang Xing chose it as a suitable Soul Ring for his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• With the Three-Eyed Golden Lion nearby, Wang Xing defeated the bamboo and absorbed its black Soul Ring.
• After Wang Xing stabilized, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion offered to find Wang Nan a Soul Ring, but he declined and asked if she had arranged his previous ones.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion confirmed she had arranged them and explained that she had infused power into the dead Tyrant Dragon so it could become Wang Nan’s fourth Soul Ring.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Wang Nan that she had watched over him because she could see that he stood beyond fate, and she found peace beside him. After Wang Xing finished absorbing his Soul Ring, Wang Nan met Di Tian at the lake, where the Dragon God's Spiritual Power revealed itself and explained that it had long wanted to meet him.

• Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Wang Nan that she had watched him since his first visit to the Star Dou Great Forest and would have saved him from danger.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion rested beside Wang Nan and fell asleep under the soothing light of Dragon God's Tear.
• Wang Nan awoke to find Three-Eyed Golden Lion gone and saw that Wang Xing had successfully absorbed his Soul Ring, gaining a sixth Soul Ring and changing Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion brought fruit to Wang Nan, who thanked her before taking Wang Xing out of the forest and returning to meet his host.
• Wang Nan followed Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the lake, where Di Tian appeared and the Dragon God's Spiritual Power spread across the surrounding world.
• The Dragon God's voice told Wang Nan that it had wanted to meet him for a long time but expected him to reject the invitation before encountering the Dragon God's will.